Parish
Volume 33, Number 25
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features
THE FOOD ISSUE
news
THE FOOD ISSUE
The Way of the 'Food Forest'
Locavores planting seeds for the next phase of urban agriculture
BY ANNA TOON
Then There's This: Extreme Sprawl
SH 45 toll road hawks back in the driver's seat
BY AMY SMITH
Civics 101
Headlines
Driving on Thin Ice
Bad weather exposes bad road design
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Quote of the Week
Pct. 2 Campaigns Trade Barbs
As election day nears, the sparks are flying
BY CHRISTOPHER HOOKS
Campaign: Davis Returns to School
Team Wendy working on changing narrative
BY MICHAEL KING
City Council: Less Is More
CMs tackle stealth dorms and economic incentives deals
BY MICHAEL KING
Shining Star: Dripping Springs Conquers Light Pollution
Ranch town awarded for outdoor lighting ordinance
BY BRANDON WATSON
Neighbors to TxDOT: Don't Close Woodland Underpass
Residents urge alternate plan
BY MAC MCCANN
Lawyers Disagree on DNA Test Results in Skinner Case
Questions still linger about brutal crime
BY JORDAN SMITH
Students Protest UT's Ties to Accenture
CFO denies relationship
BY LIZZIE JESPERSEN
Hightower Report: Rick Perry struts his stuff in Davos
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
'Chronicle' Endorsements
food
THE FOOD ISSUE
The New Look of Fine Dining
Austin's emerging restaurant empires
BY RACHEL FEIT
The Future Food Salon Carries a Message of Tasty Protein on Six Legs
Haute cuisine gets buggy to promote progressive thinking about global food supplies
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Food-o-File
Winter is killing us, but at least there are some hot new restaurants to look forward to
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Events
Feb. 14-20
music
THE FOOD ISSUE
Playback: Lovers Rock
Announcing the Austin Music Awards and more Valentine's Day mash notes
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Texas Platters
Gina Chavez
up.rooted
Erin Ivey & Tosca String Quartet
Whisper of the Moon
Kalu James
The Offering: Flesh
Ghosts Along the Brazos
When It Rains It Pours
Jason Eady
Daylight & Dark
Uranium Savages
Savage Country
Everyone's Dead Before They Leave: A Tribute to the Cherubs
Everyone's Dead Before They Leave: A Tribute to the Cherubs
Lions of Tsavo
Traverser
screens
THE FOOD ISSUE
Hungry Todd Rungy Knows How to Look Good While Eating Anything
Austin's favorite flag-wearing super-patriot shows you how it's done
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
The Joy & Tiffany of Cooking
Local women revolutionize cooking for singles and couples, one YouTube video at a time
BY JESSI CAPE
Chew on This
The tech and TV tie-ins to Austin restaurants
BY MONICA RIESE AND SHELLEY HIAM
Film Reviews
About Last Night
Sexual perversity is released with gleeful abandon in this second film outing for Mamet's 40-year-old play.
Endless Love
New era, same old story: young passions, forbidden love, and parents who just don't understand.
The Great Beauty
An Italian writer and bon vivant reflects on his life in this walkabout with Felliniesque touches.
Gunday
Indian film.
Love & Air Sex
Bryan Poyser's Austin-made rom-com delivers splendidly on the promise of its raunchy title.
RoboCop
The überviolent 1987 action film gets a pointless reboot.
Vampire Academy
This month's flavor in the teen vampire continuum.
Visitors
The Koyaanisqatsi director is back with his latest stream-of-vision meditation.
Winter's Tale
Neither Colin Farrell's charms nor Will Smith as the Devil can rescue this soggy valentine.
arts & culture
THE FOOD ISSUE
Food Is People
Look at Jody Horton's photographs of food, and you'll see the passionate folks who make it
BY ROBERT FAIRES
American Dreamer
Tiffany Harelik writes her own story through her cookbook series dedicated to Austin's food trailers
BY MELANIE HAUPT
Juan Capistran
Visiting artist's double exhibition at UT VAC digs deep into cultural identity
BY ANDY CAMPBELL
'Circle the Wagons'
Exchange Artists' latest site-specific theatre piece is a ticket to ride in eight cars in one night
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
In the Next Room, or The Vibrator Play
The development of electricity prompts questions about intimacy in Sarah Ruhl's play
Sweeney Todd
Stephen Sondheim's tale of the Demon Barber of Fleet Street gets a playful, minimalist revival at UT
Nate Ellefson: Soft Chop
Soft Chop takes an aesthetic stab at renegade culture
columns
Gay Place
It's Valentine's! Who's your lover? Gay Place, that's who.
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
Gerald saddles up on the barbecue trail
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Good Eye: Service With a Style
Tip your server well – and nab some fashion tips in return
BY AMY GENTRY
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Luv Doc: Get Over It
You're not responsible for someone else's happiness
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
